Ewels and Ellis to face Ireland U20s

19 February 2014

Bath Rugby Academy duo Charlie Ewels and Tom Ellis have retained their places in the England U20s side to play Ireland on Saturday.

England have made six changes to the side that beat Scotland. Wing Howard Packman comes in for his first start at his home ground, and there are also first starts of the season for IRB Junior World Championship winners Harry Sloan and Scott Wilson.

The other changes see Alex Lundberg, Harry Thacker and Joel Conlon all come into the side and Nick Walshe's men will be aiming for their second win of this season's Under 20 Six Nations.

Walshe said: "It's great to have this depth within our squad and we're pleased to welcome back players with the experience that both Harry and Scott possess. Obviously it's fantastic for Scott that he's had recognition from the Saxons already this season, but his job, and our job, is to go out and perform well against Ireland on Saturday.

"The guys have trained well this week and heading back to Franklin's Gardens is always special. It's a proper rugby venue, we had a good win against Italy there last season and we'll be looking to go out there and play as well as we can in front of a good home crowd."